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By: Pamela Kramer

Pamela Kramer — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 03:47:53 +0000

I think it just depends on what you are saying and how you are saying it. We have to vent! My kids like to see their photos on my blog and they love to dance to my music so I think they think it is fun…for now.

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Blogosphere News 1st August | Blogging Sueblimely — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 21:31:20 +0000

[...] Will blogging have an impact on our children? Some food for thought here. Will our words come back to bite us? Could mommy bloggers cause their children embarassment or is this a just recompense for the challenges they cause us [...]

By: Danette (lonestar818)

Danette (lonestar818) — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 03:57:38 +0000

I hadn’t thought about it quite like that, although I do make it a point to hopefully not blog about anything that will be embarrassing to my kids if they were to read it. I don’t use their real names in my blog, so you wouldn’t be able to google their names and find it (and neither will their friends, lol).

By: Elaine

Elaine — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 06:06:53 +0000

Oh I think it very much will. My daughter watches me all the time as I try to type up my blog. Sometimes, she’s so intense that I lose my thoughts. She’s even asked me how long before she can start a blog. I told her “when I think it’s safe” and “when you actually have something to say”. I meant the last one in no form of a bad manner. It’s just at her age, she doesn’t even like keeping up with her journal!!

By: Vicki

Vicki — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 03:02:50 +0000

I’ve begun to think about it and wonder if they’ll be able to find the posts once they’re old enough. I wonder if I go in and change names now if the first ones (with their real names) would ever be findable. I’m pretty honest on my blog about them and I’d hate to hurt their feelings.

By: Jessica

Jessica — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 20:09:49 +0000

I haven’t thought of it like that, but once they are in college and out of the house they can feel and think however they choose about me.

By: Jenny

Jenny — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 19:48:17 +0000

I agree, I think there is a boundary to keep when discussing the kids in public (or cyberspace). I blame this for my writer’s block. Coming up with stuff about me that is interesting is jsut tedious. My children/DH/family in general on the other hand could be a constant source of material! (I mention them in my blog, but really only surface level stuff.)

By: Tara

Tara — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 18:57:53 +0000

I have thought about it. I live near the Gosselins of Jon and Kate Plus 8 fame, and there is a LOT of local criticism of their “selling out” their kids to pay for the lifestyle that they have. (Not saying that I agree or disagree with that, just that it’s sort of a local consensus.) That has really gotten me to thinking about my daughter’s privacy. Do I share too much? I do talk to my husband about things I post, just to run them by him. I guess time will tell what my daughter thinks.

I think the real test will come when my daughter is in school. I hope my blog doesn’t give other kids a reason to tease her. That’s my worst case scenario, I guess.